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Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1972. He is an independent director, writer and producer. He studied sociology. Rasoulof started his filmmaking with documentaries and short films. For his first film 'Gagooman'(The Twilight, 2002) Rasoulof won the prize for the best film at the Fajr Film Festival in Iran. After his second film 'Jazireh Ahani' (Iron Island, 2005) he began to have problems with the censorship system in Iran and his possibilities for the further production and screening of films were strongly limited or prohibited. To this date Mohammad Rasoulof has produced five feature films which none of have been shown in Iran due to the censorship, while his films are enjoyed by a broad audience in cinemas and festivals outside of Iran. Until 2010 Rasoulof mostly used metaphoric forms of storytelling as his means of expression in his films. Since then he has shifted to using more direct forms of expression. In March 2010 Rasoulof was arrested on set at a filming location together with Jafar Panahi while they were directing a film together. In the following trial, he was sentenced to six years in jail. This sentence was later reduced to one year. He was then released on bail and is still waiting for the sentence to be executed. Mohammad Rasoulof has won many prizes for his films. In 2011, he won the prize for best director in Un Certain Regard for his film 'Bé Omid é Didar'(Goodbye, 2011) at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2013 he won the FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes for the film 'Dast-Neveshteha-Nemisoozand'(Manuscripts Don't Burn, 2013) from the International Federation of Film Critics in Un Certain Regard.- Actor
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Phoenix Raei is a Persian-born Australian actor, writer and director born in Shiraz who immigrated to Perth, Australia as a child.
In 2019, he was the recipient of the Casting Guild of Australia, Rising Star Award and was cast as a lead in the Netflix series Clickbait (2021) (NBCUniversal International Studios, Matchbox Pictures).
Phoenix will also appear as Javad, a charismatic detainee and leader, in the highly anticipated drama Stateless (2020) with Cate Blanchett, Yvonne Strahovski and Jai Courtney. He can also be seen in the critically acclaimed ABC series The Heights (2019) (Matchbox Pictures and NBC) in which he plays series regular Ash.
His breakthrough role came in Kriv Stenders' Australia Day (2017) starring next to Bryan Brown, Daniel Webber and Sean Keenan. Phoenix was praised by audiences for his performance as Yaghoub Ghaznavi, a small-time drug dealer who feels the pressure from his family to take action when his brother is violently assaulted.
He also starred in the feature film, Below (2019) which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival alongside Anthony LaPaglia and Ryan Corr. Critics praised Phoenix's performance for carrying the heart of the film.
Phoenix has worked as a recurring guest star on multiple award-winning series such as Romper Stomper (2018) (2018) with writer/director of the original Geoffrey Wright, the hit prison drama Wentworth (2013) (2017/18) and Mustangs FC (2017) (2017).
He is a co-founder of Little Fish Films alongside his partner Kate Lister.- Actress
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Bahar Pars is an actress known for feature films A Man Called Ove, Handling the Undead and Maya Nilo (Laura). A Man Called Ove was nominated in the category Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards 2017. In 2015, she was awarded the Medea Award with the citation "In her own personal way Bahar Pars widens the ways to play classical female roles and bring them into our present time"- Baran Rasoulof was born on 16 June 2000 in Shiraz, Iran. She is an actress, known for There Is No Evil (2020).
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Nahid Persson was born on 24 May 1960 in Shiraz, Iran. She is a director and writer, known for My Stolen Revolution (2013), Be My Voice (2021) and Prostitution bag sløret (2004). She has been married to Thorbjörn Persson since 1987. They have three children.- Actor
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Alireza Shojaei is a Toronto-Based actor. He is known for Star Trek: Discovery (2021), Air Emergency (2016), Dark Matter (2016), The Lottery (2014) and Nikita (2012). He attended York University for Acting and Psychology. He also enjoys writing, directing and producing. Recently he has finished production of his latest short film Charter (2021).- Valerie Jarrett is an Iranian-American businesswoman and former government official. She served as the senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. Before that, she served as a co-chair of the Obama-Biden Transition Project. In addition to being senior advisor to the president, Jarrett held other leadership positions and completed further duties. Among those included chairing the White House Council on Women and Girls and co-chairing the White House Task Force to Protect Students.
- Gus is an actor and writer with Persian heritage. He moved to North America in 1978, initially USA and later moved to Canada. He has an ethnically ambiguous look and has been cast in a variety of roles. He speaks fluent Standard American and Persian/Farsi. He loves to take on challenging roles. Besides acting, he also holds a degree in computer science. He resides in Vancouver, Canada.
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Marjan was born in 1948 in Shiraz, Fars, Iran. She was an actress, known for Salome (1974), Resting Against the Wind (1978) and Harlot (1974). She was married to Fereydoun Jourak. She died on 6 June 2020.- Gohar Kheirandish was born on 21 August 1954 in Shiraz, Iran. She is an actress, known for Low Heights (2002), Tradition of Lover Killing (2004) and The Fifth Reaction (2003). She was previously married to Jamshid Esmailkhani.
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Behtash Sanaeeha was born in 1980 in Shiraz, Iran. He is a director and writer, known for Ballad of a White Cow (2020), My Favourite Cake (2024) and Risk of Acid Rain (2015).- Actor
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Born as Arsalan Nami, a child refugee from Shiraz, raised in Sweden, living in Los Angeles. He learned how to speak Farsi, Swedish, Dari, English, Norwegian, French and Spanish. Won international awards as an Actor, Singer, Screenwriter and a Music Therapist. He earned himself 14 International Best Actor awards for his role of Dylan Steere in Aion, a film presented and sponsored by FujiFilm.
The awards was given by: New York International Film Awards, Tokyo Film Awards, Swedish International Film Festival, Rome International Movie Awards, Chicago Indie Film Awards, Best Istanbul Film Festival Sweden Film Awards, Cannes Silk Road Film Awards and Brazil Visions Film Fest to name a few.
His remarkable performance in Aion also helped the film get officially selected and screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars) in Hollywood, California.
Arsi Nami also stars in a Farsi/Dari speaking Co-Star role on FX TV Series The Old Man starring Academy Award winning actor Jeff Bridges and Academy Award nominated actor John Lithgow.
Arsi Nami was also the lead actor in two Telly Award winning Commercials in 2023, Through the Darkness and Eveready.
He won the Jury Prize Award at 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying the visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès which is the most famous movie exhibition in the world.
His screenplay Bachata won the Jury Prize for Best Short Screenplay at the 2021 Changing Face International Film Festival in Australia and Best Short Script at 2021 New York Movie Awards.
Arsi Nami was also named as a Judge in the panel of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Cannes Film Festival International Entr'2 Marches.
He was the lead actor in Children's Hospital Los Angeles production "Healthcare in the Cloud which premiered at 2018 Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards with invited guests such as academy award-winning actress Meryl Streep, raising over $8 million for children's vision health.
He portrayed as the manic depressed French-American painter named Vincent, in 2017 European Cinematography Award-winning Drama motion picture Camelia.
He also received another international claim via his outstanding and comedic role as Cadiz in the award winning "Just Cause 4" commercials for Square Enix, PlayStation and Xbox, as well as his lead role in the international hit music video "Hurt People" performed by international artists Aloe Blacc and Gryffin which reached over 1 million views on VEVO and YouTube.
Arsi Nami has also been a guest-star on the Steve Harvey Show on NBCUniversal, as well as the Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS. His commercial acting credits include giant brands such as Google, PlayStation, Prada, Facebook, Hewlett Packard, BMW, KIA, Ford Motor Company, Samsung, Disney, NBA, Guitar Center and Los Defensores to name a few.
He was also nominated for Best lead male actor in comedy motion picture Villa, a 2017 Official Selection at Premio Tortoreto alla Cultura in Italy, AM Film Festival in Egypt and International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, India.
His modeling work include brands such as MGM Grand, Mercedes-Benz, Prada, Carriere Menswear, ETON of Sweden, FriarTux, Mens Wearhouse and Canali.
He is a screenwriter, director and actor for motion picture "Bachata"
His music credits include music written, sang and released on Fox TV shows Bones (TV series) and The Goodwin Games [10] as well Cannes Film Festival Entr'2 Marches winning film Love is Blind [11] and Crown Prince of Heaven.
His National TV breakthrough started when he was 17 years old, participating on Sikta Mot Stjärnorna (Aiming at the Stars), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden).[1] organized by FremantleMedia (American Idol). After two auditions where 4000 participated, he became one of the 45 to enter the show acting and singing "Hero" (by Enrique Iglesias) live on national television, winning the second place award.
Arsi Nami's acting career blossomed through a silver lining leading to international awards at Film Festivals in Cannes, Los Angeles and Belgium. He took on the acting career after a car accident where he suffered from depression and pain. He attended acting workshops part of his rehabilitation. His passion for acting grew as he auditioned for the role of a blind man in motion picture Love is Blind, a population which he had been working for since he was 16 years old within healthcare and music therapy. Arsi Nami won the Jury Prize award in 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès which is the most famous movie exhibition in the world.
He originally took on the career of a basketball player as he accomplished receiving 2 Most Valuable Player Awards as the best player in Jönköping during the 1995/1996 and 1996/1997 season and 1 Most Valuable Player Award as the best player of Southern Sweden during the Swedish Championship Basketball Competition in 1997/1998 season.
He learned how to play the piano by ear as a kid by sitting and watching to his oldest brother play. Michael Jackson was another idol of his which he wanted to learn from. Arsi Nami's love for music grew and he became known for "Little Michael Jackson" performing at parties and events in the city of Jonkoping in Sweden. He developed the passion for writing love poems for girls he fell in love with during middle school which he later recorded rap songs out of them. By middle school, music had increased his self-confidence to a point where he was performing in-front of large audiences. As a trivia, since middle school, Arsi Nami still knows how to rap the all the verses of Will Smith's hits songs. another childhood idol of his.
His national TV and music breakthrough came around the corner of year 2002, as he was offered to learn how to play the guitar by his high school teacher. As he gained additional music skills, he auditioned for "Aiming at the Stars" (in Swedish: Sikta Mot Stjarnorna), a national talent show program televised on TV4 (Sweden) produced by Freemantle Media ( famous for American Idol). With 3000 participants, Arsi Nami was one of the 45 to make the final stage, acting as Enrique Iglesias and singing live on television, winning the 2nd place award.
In 2006, Arsi Nami moved to Los Angeles as he was accepted to the Music program at Santa Monica College. He graduated with honors with degree in Music. In 2010, his music career started to take a different route. His brother was diagnosed by spinal cord cancer, which left his right side of body temporary paralyzed. Arsi watched his brother go through physical therapy and music therapy as part of his rehabilitation and recovery. He witnessed a family member gain motor skills in his right side of body by playing the piano, where playing the keys with his fingers made his blood flow and circulate to strengthen his fine and gross motor skills. His sibling was back to work and Arsi had found his new passion and career within Music Therapy. He auditioned for the music therapy program at California State University of Northridge and was one of the 23 students to make the program. He graduated in 2014 with Honors and Bachelor Arts degree in Music Therapy. He has since then been a philanthropist, helping people in need, helping communities. He also Co-founded a non profit organization Opportunitree to help serve individuals with disabilities, children, elderly as well as the community through with not only with use of music therapy, creative arts, but in any way to help increase their daily living skills and quality of lives. He has also been invited as a guest speaker to universities such as UCLA, California State University of Channel Islands, Northridge as well as to different cities in the U.S and major TV and Radio station to talk about music therapy and sharing his life story from Iran to Sweden to Los Angeles to inspire students and communities. He is today is listed as one of the few award winning multilingual Pop Singers and Music Therapist outside of Iran. He is also known to be the first Iranian to introduce Music Therapy to the Iranian population, where music is used to help increase quality of life for individuals with psychological and physical deficits. Arsi Nami's acting career blossomed through a silver lining leading to international awards at Film Festivals in Cannes, Los Angeles and Belgium.[15] He took on the acting career after a car accident where he suffered from depression and pain. He attended acting workshops part of his rehabilitation. His passion for acting grew as he auditioned for the role of a blind man in motion picture Love is Blind, a population which he had been working for since he was 16 years old within healthcare and music therapy. Arsi Nami won the Jury Prize award in 2017 Cannes International Film Festival Entr'2 Marches for his leading role in motion picture Love is Blind, portraying visually-impaired Italian-American Giovanni. Love is Blind also won an award for disability awareness and was screened at Palais des Festival et des Congrès which is the most famous movie exhibition in the world.
He is also an accomplished singer and songwriter with music featured on several TV Shows, films and video games. His song She Wants To Fly (feat. Levi Whalen) was featured on FOX TV show Bones on May 12, 2014. The song was originally written for Freedom In Iran during the 2009 Presidential Elections and has previously been featured on the soundtrack of Cannes Film Festival featured independent movie, Crown Prince of Heaven, in 2010.
His dance-pop song Never Be Lonely (feat. Levi Whalen) was on June 3, 2013 featured on Fox TV show The Goodwin Games, Never Be Lonely is also featured as the Official Dance track for Web Video Game Good Game Disco, made by 2012/2013 Award winning European Game developer Goodgame Studios.
His song Paradise feat. Levi Whalen, was on May 1, 2015 voted as #1 song at top 100 Indie Dance/Disco chart on Spinnin' Records Talent Pool. The song was also voted as number 1 song at March top 10 on House dance charts.
His song Miracle was featured for ten weeks on Beatport as Top Staff Pick in the pop/rock category along with Kelly Clarkson and Radiohead.His music is Pop, with his cultural musical blend of Eurodance, World Rhythms and Electronica.
Arsi Nami also joins Andrea Bocelli, The Beatles and Elvis Presley for releasing Consuelo Velázquez famous song Besame Mucho, which makes it the first Duo/Latin Dance version in history of this Public Domain song, produced by Levi Whalen and co-sung with singer Jacqueline Padilla
On April 27th 2012, Arsi Nami became the first artist to release his Pop Electronic and Progressive House rendition of world famous Italian song Caro Mio Ben featuring UK based producer Kryphon. Caro Mio Ben was written by italian composer Giuseppe Giordani, and famous by artists such as Luciano Pavarotti.
On January 14, 2012, Arsi Nami was signed by Music Publishing company Winogradsky/Sobel and Dearth Music to have his music pitched for Television, Film, Video Games etc. becoming the first artist in the company representing Pop, Dance and World Music
His music also listed on FairShareMusic, with profits going to human rights and health support organizations such as: Red Cross, War Child, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, Amnesty, Cancer Care & Research.- Director
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Ebrahim Golestan is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975. He was closely associated with the controversial and eminent Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad until her death, whom he met at his studio in 1958. He is said to have inspired her to live more independently. Golestan was married to his cousin, Fakhri Golestan. He is the father of Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, and Lili Golestan, translator and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. His grandson, Mani Haghighi, is also a film director. His other grandson Mehrak, is a rapper. Golestan was a member of Tudeh Party of Iran, but he broke away in January 1948. After Farrokhzâd's death, Golestân was protective of her privacy and memory. For example, in response to the publication of a biographical/critical study by Michael Craig Hillmann called A Lonely Woman: Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry (1987), he published a lengthy attack against Hillmann in a Tehran literary magazine, to which Hillmann responded to the attack at length in an article part of which was also published in the same Tehran literary magazine and which is available online at Academia.edu/Michael Hillmann under the title "Az Shâ'eri-ye Nâder Nâderpur to Fârsi'khâni dar Qalb-e Tekzâs, Javâbiyeh'i be Ebrâhim Golestân." In February 2017, on the occasion of 50 years after Farrokhzad's death, the 94-year-old Golestan broke his silence about his relationship with Forough, speaking to the Guardian's Saeed Kamali Dehghan. "I rue all the years she isn't here, of course, that's obvious," he said. "We were very close, but I can't measure how much I had feelings for her. How can I? In kilos? In meters?"- Actor
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Alexander Behrang Keshtkar was born on the 3 of July, 1984 in Iran Shiraz. Alexander grew up in Denmark where he works and lives with his family. Alexander is guest staring in the fourth season of the internationally rewarded Danish & Swedish TV-Show The Bridge (2011) season 4. Directed by Henrik Georgsson. Alexander's latest projects are the movies Small Town Killers (2017) directed by Ole Bornedal , Ghosts of War (2020) directed by Eric Bress.
Alexander has attended acting classes in USA NYC at the William Espers Studio & Ivana Chubbuck Studio in LA. Alexander is known as the chameleon of acting as his ability to transform his look is stunning.- Mojtaba Makhdoumi Akram (born November 21, 1991, Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. Mojtaba started his activity at a young age and with the establishment of Mojtaba Makhdoumi Music Company in 2012, he officially entered the field of music and production. His nickname is Mojtaba Makhdoumi and he is known as the creator of music. Mojtaba started acting at a young age in the series Yousef and continued in two other films and is currently singing, writing and producing. He is making an album for romantic theater. Mojtaba Makhdoumi Music Company has 20 employees and seeks to expand its activities in other countries. The first release of music called Aroom Aroom took place on February 7, 2022. By the end of 2024, 1 album and 4 singles will be released
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Amin Tarokh was born on 11 August 1953 in Shiraz, Iran. He was an actor and producer, known for Dead End of Trust (2017), Bon bast Vossoughi and Avicenna (1987). He died on 24 September 2022 in Tehran, Iran.- Music Department
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Amir Abar is an Iranian artist, entrepreneur, singer, songwriter, musician and composer. Amir Abar is one of the Iranian music artists who has been active in the field of Persian hip-hop and rap since 2019, and he has been very active in Iran's rap and hip-hop music and is one of the faces. He is known for the development of Farsi-Iranian rap. Amir Abar is one of the best singers in the Iranian music market.- Animation Department
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Ali Soozandeh was born on 22 March 1970 in Shiraz, Iran. He is a director and art director, known for Tehran Taboo (2017), Die Mamba (2014) and The Return of the Dustbunnies (2009).- Jamshid Esmailkhani was born on 21 April 1950 in Shiraz, Iran. He was an actor, known for The Entire Nation (1990), Blade Edge (1992) and Family Man (1993). He died on 7 April 2002 in Tehran, Iran.
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Pouria Nouri was born in Shiraz, Iran. He is an Iranian Photographer and Documentary filmmaker and He started his career in 2010 by shooting short films, known for The Daughters of Winter (2018), Noon Khe (2019). He has also directed two documentaries, Qelich and Loubatbaz.His father is Massoud Nouri and his mother is Shokoofeh Yadollahi.- Producer
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Hossein Martin Fazeli has been producing, directing, and writing fiction and non-fiction television and film for more than two decades. His films have been broadcast around the world, including on CBC, BBC, ARTE, and Canal+, winning 37 international awards in the process. Throughout the years he has collaborated with organizations such as UNDP, European Commission, and Nonviolence International on a wide range of film and television projects, including national and regional campaigns, exploring issues such as human rights, women's rights, and minority rights. His 2007 production, THE TALE OF TWO NAZANINS, about a teenage girl imprisoned on death row in Iran, was broadcast on major international networks such as the BBC and CNN and is credited with igniting an international campaign that saved her life.- Actress
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Ladan Sahraei is an Iranian-Canadian actress and Director. She is Persian. She is the first Deaf filmmaker in Iran. She has directed 6 short films and got few awards for her achievement in Iran. She settles in Vancouver, British Columbia, from Tehran, Iran in July 2014. From what she has seen in Canada and there seems a lacking enthusiasm of for biography for the Deaf in Canada. It is her first time making a documentary film Dunham Deaf Boy in Canada. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.- Actor
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Ehsan Shahbazi (Original Name Ehsan Shahbazi Davaninejad) is an Iranian Actor born on September 16th 1986 in Shiraz, Iran. He started acting in the theater in 2000 Isfahan. He started acting in cinema in 2011 in the film In the silence of the candle off (2011) directed by Adel Shojaei and then in the film The Road of Love (2017) directed by Danial Hajibarat. He has also worked on several other projects in the directing unit with Danial Hajibarat.- Editor
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Bahram Dehghan is an Iranian film editor. He studied film editing and graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles. He edited more than 70 movies and won 2 Crystal Simorgh from Fajr International Film Festival for gharche sami and Asemane zarde kam omgh. He Edited all of Bahram Tavakoli's films except Biganeh- Davood Tafvizian was born on 23 April 1984 in Shiraz, Iran. He is an actor, known for Beck (1997), Portofino: The Philippines (2009) and För kärleken (2010).
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Shahin Parhami was born on 11 June 1967 in Shiraz, Iran. Shahin was a director and editor, known for Amin (2010), Shahrzaad's Tale (2015) and Jabaroot (2003). Shahin died on 13 March 2021 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.- M. Mehdi Tahmasebi was born on 29 May 1990 in Shiraz, Iran. He is an actor, known for The Persian Version (2023). He has been married to Kristina Fedorova since 14 May 2020.
- Reza Mirzaei Is an Iranian Fashion Model and Actor, Instagram Star and Influencer Borned 14 December 1993 in Shiraz , Iran He Started Actor Career From 2005 By Acting on Film Kheili Door Kheili Nazdik Directed By Reza MIrkarimi He has a lot of fans in Iran He has accumulated over 490,000 followers on his rezamirzaei Instagram account.
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Sahar Nourmonavar was born in Shiraz on March 18th, 1981. She began studying her bachelor's degree in computer engineering in 2001, and her master's degree in industrial engineering in 2007. Sahar has been interested in reading books since she was a teenager. Reading books was accompanied by writing. After working for an IT company for 10 years, Sahar met a filmmaker friend and became interested in script-writing. She also began to take film classes and attended screenings at the Film Society, which deepened her love for cinema. Sahar managed to pass a script-writing course with Asghar Farhadi and a directing course with Shahram Mokri. She is currently a student at Karnameh Institute of Arts and Culture that was founded by Negar Eskandarfar. The Wound is her first short film.- Actor
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Young Paydar (Real name Hamed Paydar) (born in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Musician, actor, rapper and songwriter with the artistic name of Young Paydar, who started his professional artistic career in 2021 with "19" rap freestyle.He lived in his hometown for 15 years, then came to his hometown of Shiraz, where he finished high school. After that, he left Iran and he started his music, profession and art. Young Paydar started acting with Tak-khal movie in 2020 also he is known for his work (music) on Shishlik (2021) movie, Gasht-e ershad 3 (2021) movie and Be human once a week (2021) movie.He is single and has no girlfriend. He has 3 siblings.He returned to Iran.- Composer
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Amirmohammad Khaleghi (born December24, 2005, Shiraz, Iran) also known as Kasra Khaleghi is Producer & Composer from Shiraz. Kasra Khaleghi started his career at a young age and with the establishment of KasraRecords company in 2020, he officially entered the field of music and production. His nickname in cyberspace is "KAS3RA" and he is known as the creator of visual music. Music that plays with the human mind and has hidden messages.- Director
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Morteza Fereidouni was born in Shiraz but due to his education and interest in direction cinema he moved to Tehran and lives in there . Fereidouni graduated of architecture from Shiraz University . But since his adolescence , he has been pursuing cinema seriously alongside architecture . Before made *Hawaii* ,he was involved in several short film projects as a writer and director consultant . Finally after completing his directing courses under Shahram Mokri , he made his first short film called *Hawaii* in September 2020 and become nominated in different festivals : ISFA ( Iranian Short Film Academy ) , Macau and Barcelona . Also won the grand prize and the best film of the 27th IFVA Awards ( Hong Kong ) and 11th One Take film Festival ( Croatia ) . He made two short film ( Snowy Hot Weather ) and ( I Think You Arrived ) in April 2023- Director
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Nima Sarvestani, born december 22 1958, is a Swedish-Iranian filmmaker.
He started his career working as a journalist in Iran, before coming to Sweden 1984. Since then he has been working as a filmmaker, directing and producing documentaries.
He founded NimaFilm Production in 1987. For the past 26 years, NimaFilm has been producing miscellaneous films in which unique global issues and personal life storys have been brought to audiences worldwide.
The major themes of Nima Sarvestanis films are often social and political issues. He is interested not only in actual current events, but also in long lasting ones. Having said, that he tries not to be engaged in catchword subjects, he does attempt to bring about debates and spotlight reflections on the issues he pursues.
Nima Sarvestani has focused his filmmaking on productions concerning the Middle Eastern countries. He has produced several documentaries, mostly about people with unique lifestyles and special world views - fighting for their rights.
He currently lives in Stockholm.- Actor
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Tooji Keshtkar was born on 26 May 1987 in Shiraz, Iran. He is an actor and composer, known for KuToppen feat. Lisa Børud: Milkshake (2018), Taemin: Want (2019) and Straks borte - plutselig tilbake (2004).- Director
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A Serial Entrepreneur and A Casual Producer, Director of Music Video and Music, Musician
Combining his artistic and scientific talents as well as novel experiences, he started to produce and direct tutorial TV show episodes so-called "Fit Show" for Monoto TV satellite tv channel.
Not too long after, the biggest Persian media & radio station " Radio Javan" requested for music video production and he produced and directed few successful projects for Persian legend singers such as Dariush Eghbali, Siavash Ghomayshi, Ahmad Reza Nabizadeh, and Eddie Attar as well as producing teasers for Maz Jobrani, the well-known Persian-American Comedian.
As for music production, he has produced numerous projects for a wide range of artists, songwriters, and celebrity singers such as Googoosh, Siavash Ghomayshi, etc. Also, he has played piano in the latest album of Siavash Ghomayshi "chronicle".
Presently, he's a part of a prestigious movie production "Cyrus the Great", which will be released in 2025. The executive producer of this project is the great Alan J Bailey who's been the Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Paramount Studios from 1975 to 2009 during which time Paramount was the most successful Hollywood studio. He secured the financing for such Hollywood classics as The Godfather Trilogy, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Transformers, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and has since been Executive Producing his private slate of films. Last but not least about Navid, He has experienced playing in some fight scenes for a few Tamil movies!- Producer
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Roya Aryanpad was born in Shiraz, Iran. She is known for Jacob Stone (2015), Vanished (2007) and Beyond Darkness (2005).- Director
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Nima Valibeigi was born on 22 May 1993 in Shiraz. He is a director and writer, known for Zero Coordinates (2023), Wild Red/Bloody Alpaca (2021) and Wound (2017).- Writer
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Armin Zare was born on 14 November 1994 in Shiraz, Iran. Armin is a writer and director, known for Recursion (2018), Insanoir (2016) and Non-Places (2022).- He is an actor, known for Alom.net (2009) , Sarkar Raj (2008) , Amira & Sam (2014). Amirali also appeared in Turkish and other language TV film such as The Class, directed by Faruk Aksoy. He is now living his single life and is learning a few more languages for new jobs. Amirali living with his family in Shiraz, Iran. he took and studied acting classes at a young age his bachelors degree in psychology from Zand University in Shiraz. he has a retired father in the field of telecommunications and a mother and sister working in the field of clothing in Iran.
- Firouz Naderi was born on 25 March 1946 in Shiraz, Iran. He was married to Parvin Kassai. He died on 9 June 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mehdi Momeni was born on 24 December 2006 in Shiraz, Fars, Iran.
- LilVitow (born February 6, 1999) is an Persian singer and director, who started his artistic career in 2016. LilVitow started his artistic activity in the field of photography at the age of 15. After 2 years of activity in this field, he turned to directing music videos. LilVitow started his music career in 2021 and released his first music that year called "Shark". and released her first music in the same year and on his birthday called "The Lost".
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Mohammad Reza Darvishi was born in 1955 in Shiraz, Iran. He is a composer and actor, known for Give Back (2013), Osama (2003) and The Day I Became a Woman (2000).- Simin Daneshvar was born on 28 April 1921 in Shiraz, Persia [now Shiraz, Iran]. Simin was a writer, known for Zelzele-ye dovom (1977) and Savushun (2001). Simin was married to Jalal Al-E Ahmad. Simin died on 8 March 2012 in Teheran, Iran.
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Nima Keshtkar was born on 20 January 1994 in Shiraz, Fars, Iran. Nima is a director and editor, known for Shahin Najafi - Ghazi (2022), Misunderstanding (2018) and Gorkem Balkis - Ask Acitir (2020).- Amir Reza Koohestani was born in June 8th, 1978 in Shiraz, Iran. He was 16 when he began to publish short stories in local newspapers. Attracted to cinema, he took courses in directing and cinematography in 1995 and created two unfinished films.
After a brief experience as performer, he devoted his time to write his first plays: And the day never came (1999), which was never performed and The Murmuring Tales (2000) which received attracted critical acclaim in Tehran, during the 18th International Fadjr Theatre Festival.
With his third play, Dance On Glasses (2001), in tour for four years, Amir Reza Koohestani gained international notoriety and found the support of several European theatrical artistic directors and festivals.
Then follows the plays Recent Experiences (from the original text by Canadians writers Nadia Ross and Jacob Wren, 2003) ; Amid The Clouds (first European co-production with Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Wiener Festwochen, 2005) ; Dry Blood & Fresh Vegetables (a twenty minutes performance, 2007) and Quartet: A Journey North (European co-production, 2008), all of them successfully welcomed in Europe.
Amir Reza Koohestani was also commissioned by the Schauspielhaus in Koln, where he wrote and staged Einzelzimmer (2006), and by the Nouveau Theatre DE Besancon, with Japanese director Oriza Hirata and French director Sylvain Maurice, to create the play Des Utopies ? (2009) on tour in France and Japan.
After some years of study in Manchester, Amir Reza Koohestani has returned back to Tehran since July 2009 and created the play Where Were You On January 8th? recently performed in La Colline - national theatre, as part of Festival d'Automne à Paris, and after a European tour.
In October 2011, despite finishing his military service, Amir Reza Koohestani created the adaptation of Ivanov by Anton Chekhov, successfully staged in Tehran for more than one month. - Arash Mohajer is Iran's foremost model and an actor. He started modeling when he was 16, and he has represented every major brand in Iran. He is the only model who has had over 40 billboards in Tehran alone simultaneously.
Arash has also been a television presenter for four years, making him a very recognizable face, especially among the younger crowd.
In recent years, Arash started acting, and has acted alongside such great names in Iran's cinema as Shahab Hosseini (A Separation) and Shila Khodadad (A Passenger from India).
A professional photographer, he is also working on a compilation of his works to be published soon. - Music Department
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Artist and entrepreneur, Also known as Mr.MNF, owner/CEO of the "MNF Business" Digital Marketing Team in Istanbul and the first Persian DJ, performed live and simultaneously on Navahang TV /radio and nightclubs. Thank you to his education in Information Technology and SEO, he has a successful history of organizing events and working with artists and startups in Georgia, Turkey, and Dubai. He started his professional work in Iran in 2013.- Actor
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Arad Ghodrati, widely known as Arad, is an Iranian-American entrepreneur. Popularly recognized today for his entrepreneurial role in the technological and digital marketing fields, Arad has also demonstrated countless successes in editing and acting. He was born in Shiraz, Iran on December 19th 1995, and moved to the United States in 2012. Continuing to expand his skills in technological work, he is also known for his roles in numerous American and Iranian movies, as well as his exceptional position in the international field of business.- Atefeh Kargar was born on 3 March 1995 in Shiraz, Iran. She is an actress, known for The Darkest Side (2021), The Box (2018) and Kingdom Come (2017).